Saint André-de-Corcy, Beaujolais, and Trévoux (Thursday and Friday)
The trip truly begins this day. Yesterday is erased, no reason to think of it again. Marc picked us up at the Lyon airport on a beautiful, sunny morning and brought us to his home.
Our friends’ house in Saint André-de-Corcy
We greeted Joëlle, Marc’s wife, and Aurélie, their daughter and met Aurélie’s partner, Simon. On TV, they were watching the military parade for the French Independence Day, known as Bastille Day in the US. Since both Simon and Aurélie are in the military, they were looking for friends who were marching along the Champs-Élysées in front of the Arc de Triomphe. A nice, personal connection to the parade. Everyone lost interest when the people were finished and the military paraphernalia came on.
Joëlle and Marc after lunch, with the required cheese courseSimon and Aurélie relaxing and maintaining some distance as they had tested positive for COVIDMichael, Josy, Audrey, Chantal, and Christian in the poolChapelle du Mont Brouilly
After a delicious lunch we went to wine caves to taste wine in the nearby Beaujolais region. Because of the holiday, some of the wineries were closed, but we wandered around anyway.
One of the wineries was near Église de Régnié-Durette with beautiful stained glass windows. Chapelle du Mont Brouilly, on top of a very steep hill showed a statue of a guy celebrating making it up the steep road on his bike! Sign at geopark; there were also examples of the varied rock types in the region.Wooden sign at the quarry across from the geoparkView of vineyards from the geoparkAt the top of Mont Brouilly is is an International Geopark, so of course we walked around and read all the signs. The grapes taste different depending on the type of rock the vines grow on, so Marc indicated that the geology students use the plants to help them map the rock groups. The roses at the ends of the grape vines help the cultivators know if a particular fungus is attacking. Heathy roses, like those above, mean the vines are OK.
We took a tour at Marc’s favorite winery, and purchased some Morgon wine from the Douby vineyard for dinners. We were expecting more family to visit that evening.
This wine cave was closed.A sculpture inside the cave at Morgon wineryMany bottles of different vintages and vineyards at Morgon
Trévoux is a town near Marc’s home, so the family went for a walk around the river.
Walking along the Saone River in TrévouxTrévoux on the Saone RiverThe church in TrévouxFinding a geocache along the river walkStairs painted to depict a lawn bowling game
Bunch of Geeks go Traveling 